CHESHIRE MPs have reacted to the news of Boris Johnson’s Partygate report that concluded he misled Parliament.

Boris Johnson committed “repeated contempts” of Parliament by deliberately misleading MPs with his partygate denials before being complicit in a campaign of abuse and intimidation, a cross-party investigation has found.

Branding him the first former prime minister to have ever lied to the Commons, the Privileges Committee said the offences merited a 90-day suspension which would have paved the way for a by-election if he had not quit in anticipation.

His resignation means he will escape that punishment, but the committee recommended that he should not receive the pass granting access to Parliament which is normally given to former MPs.

Mr Johnson was furious at what he called a 'deranged conclusion', accusing the Tory-majority group of MPs led by Labour veteran Harriet Harman, who he has repeatedly sought to disparage, of lying.

Mike Amesbury, the Labour MP for Weaver Vale, said: “The Privileges Committee has confirmed what everyone already knew.

“People had seen the images of partying going on in Downing Street in the middle of lockdown. And Johnson had been fined by police.

“In resigning, Johnson has clearly jumped before he was pushed. But the proposed 90 days suspension for lying about the parties and misleading Parliament, by the man who was leading the country as PM at the time, is quite unprecedented.

“He’s left with no grace, a very undignified exit, attacking members of the committee tasked with investigating, despite it having a Tory majority and including two leading Brexiteers. They made a judgment based on the evidence.

“Adding insult to injury is Johnson’s honours list, from a man with no honour, which in my view should be rejected. Some of those honoured were responsible for organising illegal parties in lockdown when many of my constituents weren’t even able to say goodbye to their loved ones.”

Esther McVey, the MP for Tatton, reacted on Twitter, calling requests to deny Boris a former MPs pass 'absurd and utterly unnecessary'.

A former MPs' pass gives access to certain areas of Parliament, with calls made to deny this for the controversial ex-Prime Minister.

The Guardian has approached Esther McVey and Edward Timpson for further comment.